Flood risk management : research and practice: proceedings of the European conference on flood risk management research into practice (FloodRisk 2008), Oxford, UK, 30 September-2 October 2008 /
Floods cause distress and damage wherever and whenever they happen. Flooding from rivers, estuaries and the sea threatens many millions of people worldwide and economic and insurance losses from flooding have increased significantly since 1990. Across the European Union, flood management policy is c...
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